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chainstay bridge appears it may be ESGE; wonder if propstand Trygg

should you be replacing tired perch you might wish to consider a model of Tron et Berthet as the manufacturer frequently employed them

have a boxfull of poke-stick Campag anterior mechs...but reside across puddle...and then some

name: it is a fairly minor cycle marque, when another person asked about it looked it up and discovered it to be also a minor deity associated with culinary matters

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Monarch/Monark of Chicago -

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also lots of members interested in "golden age"/TOC products


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should you be replacing tired perch you might wish to consider a model of Tron et Berthet as the manufacturer frequently employed them
Perch? I have some very tired perch in my freezer, I will be replacing them with just as tired Lampetra fluviatilis.
Or to perch? But I have no wings despite the airframe frame.
Here is a bicycle with a perch
Monark_Blå_Blixten (2).webp

name: it is a fairly minor cycle marque, when another person asked about it looked it up and discovered it to be also a minor deity associated with culinary matters
Found it now. Swiss bikes and the name is from Jutzler/Velo/Lausanne. Coincidence maybe? The surname is likely a translation from russian.
Monarch/Monark of Chicago -

this forum has a great many experts:

thecabe.com

also lots of members interested in "golden age"/TOC products
I know, it's a great forum.
 
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mistaken regarding headset; definitely not Agrati

chainset appears Verot Competition Ref. 52

bottom bracket assembly appears it may be Verot Ref. 34

propstand looks like it might be either Trygg or Shuresta...

Verot chainset model 52 and 53  .webp
Stronglight Competition bottom brackert Nr. 34, 1958 catalogue page .webp
Stronglight model 34 Competition cotterer bottom bracket assembly .webp Stronglight model 34 spindle end marking .webp

Shuresta made an adjustable single arm propstand

unfortunately have no materials from Trygg

1757712313087.webp
1757712359448.webp

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wonder if letter L stands for Linkoping, home of Swedish Air Museum
I had to look this up. The letter designates the unit "number" in the flotilla/fighter wing and the color of the letter indicates the division where it belongs. The yellow number is the flotilla/fighter wing number.
 
Cranks are definitely the No.53 they have the "slots" in the spider arms.
Bottom bracket looks exactly like the No.34.
The kick stand is likely a quite recent addition, I didn't see any markings ´, but its fully aluminium and the leg is riveted to the joint with hollow rivet.
The rear rack only had "VLT" stamped on the mounting plate.
 
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I have not measured the depth of the p-spring cover/cup on the Gran Sport RD, but it is from 53-59 as it has the adjuster for cable tension. No original pulley wheels.
The Titan handlebars have "55" stamped on the botton, so manufactured in 1955?
Hubs are Normandy with Maillard QRs. Weinmann concave on rear, don't know what the front is.
Pedals are Union, I put a thread gauge there but couldn't really tell if 1.25mm or 20tpi. Most likely imperial, they were in tight..

No original bolts for the chain rings. Correct ones are M7 and of course the ones I got were M6...

I have a theory on how the drive side dropout got bend. The bolt in the drive side fender eyelet was facing head in and my guess is that it was first mounted head out and the bolt stuck so far in, so close to the freewheel, that it caught the chain, locked up and made the axle push down on the dropout.

Meinn Gott, those are 630 wheels on the Monark. I have now four sets of 630 that I do nothing with.
 
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